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Science by Ballot

Mike Berger, PhD

A testament to the follies of men,
the great debate raged. The tiny
frozen rock stirred heated debates.

Much too small and distant to be
a planet. It’s no bigger than our moon.

Yes but, it’s been a planet for over
70 years, why change now?

Calling it a planetoid would be much
more precise.

Think of the thousands of planetary
tomes that would require revision.

It all came down to a vote, and
poor Pluto lost its planetary status.
The underlying question is, did the
vote change the nature of Pluto?
Did the fitting neatly into some human
intellectual scheme change any of
Pluto’s planetary parameters?

The only thing the great debate and
vote did was to reveal a great deal
about human capacity for jousting
with straw men.

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